2016-03-19 18:53
Reader: Wow, what are you doing lurking around your blog? Apparently you haven’t been around these parts for years.GG: I know! This dump is an empty wasteland, even the tumbleweed move… Read More
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Travel journal/diary and observations of a foreigner living in Tokyo.
2016-03-19 18:53
Although I left Japan over four years ago, I am still entertained by their novel approach to all things dunny-related. And I really miss those heated seats...From Coloribus:Georgia Max… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
2016-03-19 18:53
In keeping with the this is the best idea I've ever had approach to photography, I found myself at the top of the Shinagawa Prince Hotel for Tokyo's second cloudy and rainy winter day.We had… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
So, while Dive is getting felt up on the train on the way to London, yours truly is still skulking about the subway trying to find her chikan. As I'm still grope-free (do they take cash ince… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
Crikey.I've been in Japan for just over two years and I'm already onto my third house move. I don't know how this compares with my moving seven times in five years when living in Melbourne… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
Tokyo: Peak hourI leave GGHQ in a mad scramble, always late, for the ten-minute walk to the station. Except now it's a fifteen-minute walk because I am wearing ridiculous heels, a suit, and… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
with my little eye, something beginning with GG.Phew, a momentary return to my poor neglected blog.What a funny couple of months it has been. I set myself free from the Clown's clutches almo… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
After crashing about on Mount Fuji, we were dropped at Lake Ashi where we found the GG-mobile. Not quite as good as Batman's, but it provided an interesting diversion.But the GG-mobile was f… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
My time in Japan has taught me to appreciate the smaller things in life: to pay attention to details and to honour the minutiae. Somewhat. At best, I may now notice a tiny cherished flower v… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
Just like the spring blossoms, the mood at GGHQ also feels as though the beauty of the moment has passed and that life in Japan was just temporary.The Clown told us that the company is going… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
In light of my recent 'nut-induced brush with death, I have been contemplating things spiritual and metaphysical. What, I wondered idly to myself, would I do if I were told that my time on t… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
As the saying goes, spring has sprung, and what better way to welcome its warmer wafts than to drink with thousands of other revellers under the cherry blossoms on your blue tarp? Get yourse… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
I know I'm having a blogging break, but went for a cruise on Tokyo Bay on the Funasei funship, so here are some quickie pics.I swore I would never post photos of food on this blog, but due t… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
Posting will resume in a week or two. Or not.We'll see Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
As single folk around the world are probably just completing their recovery from the horror that was Valentine's Day, singletons in Japan are bracing themselves for the next onslaught: White… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
March 9-10 marks the sixty-second anniversary of the 1945 firebombing of Tokyo when more than 300 American B-29s dropped thousands of explosives onto the city. The ensuing firestorm raged th… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
Ok, Prudence, Robyn and Dive have all posted some rockin' photographs of their blogging environments - home and/or office. Instead of photos of my messy desk and the GG super-computer-that-i… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
2008-12-10 22:54
Photographed in Shinjuku Park March 4It's official: Spring has arrived!The city well-known for its grey concrete and drab demeanour is now awash with that traditional Tokyo spring colour … Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
This sign on the platform of Shibuya Station reminded me of my previous couple of posts about pervs. There were a few dotted along the platform (signs, that is, not pervs) to signify which c… Read More
2008-12-10 22:54
Adam left a comment on my previous post inquiring as to whether school girls' panties are still sold in vending machines in Japan (it's not as it sounds - he's just a curious fella). As I'm… Read More
2007-04-22 12:21
Dive has picked out an ol' favourite and breathed new life into it. Here it is again:1. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?George W. Bush 2… Read More
2007-04-12 11:36
Elections were recently held for Tokyo's mayor. The same guy was re-elected back into office, whatever his name is, but about 15,000 people voted for ths dude. Shame I'm not allowed to vote… Read More
2007-04-03 10:58
Top ten reasons why it's not a good idea to raid your friends' kitchen when babysitting your wee bf:10. You discover some fabulous looking cookies. You eat one. It has peanuts in it.9. Your… Read More
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